... receive above average stock returns. Originality/value This paper is believed to be the first to address the impact of technology mandates in the supply chain. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Supply chain management Retailers Stock control Over the past two decades, there has...

... for online customers, including speed of service, (shopping time) and customer responsiveness (Dadzie et al., 2005). Stock control Supply chain management Electronic commerce Consumer behaviour Despite significant technological advancement in the online delivery systems since...

... upstream in the supply chain (Towill, 1996 ; Lee and Billington, 1992). Stock control Value chain Value analysis Variance reduction © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 This section conceptualizes the multiple facets of the bullwhip effect between stocking levels in and between...

... Supply chain management Inventory control Inventory costs Stock control There are many instances where an organization's inventory might include several batches of the same product with each batch having a different expiration date. This might occur with such items as food products...

... Internet Stock control Supply chain Telecommunications Warehousing This article describes concepts for “virtual logistics”. With virtual logistics the physical and information aspects of logistics operations are treated independently from each other. In such operations, ownership and control...

... Motor industry Stock control United Kingdom The UK supply system, like other individual geographic markets, must also adapt to inter‐continental supply as part of a global system. However, the UK is significantly different from other European car markets with whom stock might be shared (apart...

... that stockout costs are measurable in the system under review; information about stockout costs can have a significant impact on managerial decision making. © MCB UP Limited 1992 Distribution Stockout costs Motor industry Stock control STOCKOUT COSTS IN DISTRIBUTION SYST S tockout costs...

... at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. © MCB UP Limited 1989 Stock control Logistics Customer service Inventory control ...